Yuliia Starodubtseva

2023: First ITF Circuit title

Starodubtseva won her first $60k tournament in June 2023 in Sumter, South Carolina, defeating Indian player Karman Thandi.^[6]

2024: Major debut, WTA 1000 quarterfinal

Starodubtseva made her major debut at the Australian Open after qualifying,^[7][4] but lost in the first round to sixth seed Ons Jabeur.^[5][8] She also qualified for the French Open, but again lost in the first round, this time to Cristina Bucșa.^[9]

As a qualifier once more, Starodubtseva recorded her first main-draw major win at Wimbledon, defeating Alison Van Uytvanck.^[10] In the second round, she lost to fellow qualifier Lulu Sun.^[11]

Ranked No. 146, Starodubtseva made her debut at the US Open, after qualifying into the main-draw but lost in the first round to 20th seed Victoria Azarenka in three sets.^[12] Starodubtseva became the first woman in the Open Era to qualify for all four majors in a single season.^[1]

In September, Starodubtseva reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal at the Jasmin Open by defeating Suzan Lamens^[13] and third seed Diane Parry,^[14][15] before losing to Sonay Kartal.^[16]

At the China Open, Starodubtseva recorded, after qualifying, her first main-draw WTA 1000-level wins over Laura Siegemund,^[17] 27th seed Kateřina Siniaková,^[18]Elina Avanesyan^[19] and 10th seed Anna Kalinskaya to reach the quarterfinals.^[20] Despite losing to sixth seed Coco Gauff in the last eight,^[21] Starodubtseva entered the top-100 in the singles rankings on 7 October 2024.^[1]

2025: French Open third round, top 70

At the French Open Starodubtseva lost to Sára Bejlek in straight sets in the last round of qualifying, ending a 14-match winning streak in Grand Slam qualifying.^[22] However, she entered the main-draw as a lucky loser and defeated qualifier Tamara Korpatsch,^[23] and Anastasia Potapova to reach the third round of a major for the first time,^[24] at which point her run was ended by fourth seed Jasmine Paolini.^[25] As a result of her performance at Roland Garos, she reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 67 on 9 June 2025.^[26]

At the Ningbo Open where Starodubtseva qualified for the main-draw, she overcame Yulia Putintseva to make it into the second round,^[27] where she pushed sixth seed Belinda Bencic to three sets in what was the longest match of the 2025 season to that point, lasting three hours and 33 minutes.^[28] As a result, she moved 19 positions up to No. 112 on 20 October 2025.^[29]

2026: First WTA final

In March, Starodubtseva qualified for the main draw at the Miami Open, defeated Eva Lys^[30] and 30th seed Cristina Bucșa,^[31] before losing to sixth seed Amanda Anisimova in the third round.^[32]

At the Charleston Open, she recorded wins over Zhang Shuai,^[33] lucky loser Ekaterine Gorgodze,^[34] Renata Zarazúa,^[35] McCartney Kessler^[36] and fifth seed Madison Keys to reach her first WTA Tour final.^[37] She lost the championship match to top seed and defending champion, Jessica Pegula, in straight sets.^[38] Despite the defeat, Starodubtseva moved up to a new career-high ranking of world No. 53 on 6 April 2026.^[39]

Singles

Current through the 2026 Charleston Open.

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2026	Charleston Open, US	WTA 500	Clay	Jessica Pegula	2–6, 2–6

Close

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2023	ITF Spring, US	W25	Hard	Maria Mateas	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
Loss	1–1	May 2023	Naples Open, US	W60	Clay	Caroline Dolehide	5–7, 5–7
Win	2–1	Jun 2023	Palmetto Pro Open, US	W60	Hard	Karman Thandi	6–7(5), 7–5, 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jul 2023	Evansville Classic, US	W60	Hard	Karman Thandi	5–7, 6–4, 1–6
Win	3–2	Jul 2023	Dallas Summer Series, US	W60	Hard (i)	Wang Yafan	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	4–2	Oct 2023	Rancho Santa Fe Open, US	W60	Hard	Lulu Sun	7–5, 6–3

Close

Doubles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Dec 2016	ITF Cairo, Egypt	10K	Clay	Anastasiia Gevel	Lisa-Marie Brunnemann Diana Popescu	6–3, 0–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Mar 2023	ITF Spring, US	W25	Hard	Sofia Johnson	Maria Mateas Clervie Ngounoue	4–6, 6–2, [4–10]
Win	1–2	Apr 2023	ITF Zephyrhills, US	W25	Clay	Maria Kononova	Jada Hart Rasheeda McAdoo	7–5, 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jun 2023	Palmetto Pro Open, US	W60	Hard	McCartney Kessler	Maria Mateas Anna Rogers	4–6, 7–6(3), [6–10]
Loss	1–4	Jun 2023	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	W25	Clay	Ana Sofía Sánchez	María Herazo González Ksenia Laskutova	6–2, 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	1–5	Jul 2023	Evansville Classic, US	W60	Hard	McCartney Kessler	Maria Kononova Veronika Miroshnichenko	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Win	2–5	Aug 2023	Landisville Tennis Challenge, US	W100	Hard	Sophie Chang	Olivia Gadecki Mai Hontama	walkover
Win	3–5	Oct 2023	Rancho Santa Fe Open, US	W60	Hard	Makenna Jones	Tatiana Prozorova Madison Sieg	6–3, 4–6, [10–6]

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